Welcome to Year 2 

cmccaskey@sjbos.thedcet.com

Mrs McCaskey is our Teacher

Mrs Crenol is our class Teaching Assistant, she works Tuesday-Friday.

Mrs Keen is our class Teaching Assistant on a Monday.

Miss Cooper is our class PPA Cover Teacher she teaches us 9-11am on a Friday morning.

Our Summer Term Topics are

'What is a Monarch?'

and

'What is it like to live in Shanghai?' 

 In our Humanities lessons the children will learn to…

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• Recall that a monarch is a king or queen.
• Identify some of the monarch’s roles.
• Explain that a king or queen is crowned in a special ceremony called a coronation.
• Name some of the main steps in the coronation ceremony.
• Use sources to explain how William the Conqueror became King of England.
• Explain how William the Conqueror kept order and conquered England.
• Explain how castles have changed over time.
• Identify that the power of monarchs has changed over time.
• Make comparisons between past and present monarchies.

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• Give examples of human and physical features.
• Identify features they see on a walk.
• Explain the location of features using some directional language.
• Use an aerial photograph to locate physical and human features.
• Draw simple pictures or symbols on a sketch map.
• Draw compass points.
• Name the continent they live in.
• Use an atlas to locate the UK and China on a world map.
• Use an atlas to locate Europe and Asia on a world map.
• Identify China’s physical and human geography.
• Sort physical and human features using photographs.
• Identify physical and human features in images of Shanghai.
• Compare Shanghai to their locality.
• Identify similarities and differences between human and physical features.

Our science work will focus on 'Living Things and their Habitats'.

• explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive
• identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other
• identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats
• describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.

Homework

Weekly Homework Choice Grid

Children to complete an activity from different sections on the Homework Choice Grid below.

Homework can be recorded using writing, pictures, drawings etc. appropriate to the task.

Each task can only be completed once.

Books will be collected in on a Wednesday.

Share a story journal

Every week on a Friday, one child from the class will bring home the 'Share a story journal'. This is a further opportunity for you to read with your child while enjoying a nice cup of 'hot chocolate' (provided by the school). If it is your turn to complete the journal, we ask that it is returned on the Monday so that teachers have a chance to look over any work that has been completed.    

PE

PE is currently on a Tuesday and a Friday . Please ensure your child has the correct kit (including daps or trainers) on these days.

Reading Books

We are continuing to improve children's reading fluency and comprehension. Please continue to hear your child read as often as possible and use the question based bookmarks to support this process. We encourage children to change reading books as regularly as possible. Please ensure you record any reading that takes place at home with a simple comment inside the small blue/green book (Reading Record). Finished books can be placed inside the classroom crate on a daily basis but they will not be changed unless the reading record has been written in.